Margaret-Georgiana
HUNT
Born
9 April 1841
,
La Malbaie, Canada East
Died
1 November 1897
,
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
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Born: 9 April 1841 in La Malbaie, Canada East
Father:
William-Percival HUNT
Mother:
Mary LUCAS
Maternal grandparents:
Fitz Hugh LUCAS
, Jane FERGUSSON
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Margaret-Georgiana married Philip-Samuel GIRARD 6 April 1863 in Gaspé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philip-Samuel GIRARD was born 27 June 1834 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Philip-Samuel died 18 September 1914 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Philip-Samuel was the child of Jean GIRARD and Martha LUCAS.
Margaret-Georgiana HUNT died 1 November 1897 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Margaret-Georgiana HUNT
Margaret-Georgiana HUNT married 
Philip-Samuel GIRARD
Marriage date: 6 April 1863
Marriage place: Gaspé, Canada East
Philip-Samuel GIRARD was the child of Jean GIRARD and Martha LUCAS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Philip-Samuel GIRARDMarriage date: 6 April 1863
Marriage place: Gaspé, Canada East
Philip-Samuel GIRARD was the child of Jean GIRARD and Martha LUCAS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Philip-Samuel GIRARD and Margaret-Georgiana HUNT
John William GIRARDBorn: 6 January 1864, St George De Malbay, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Died: 18 October 1932, St George De Malbay, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Died: 18 October 1932, St George De Malbay, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Married: Eliza-Elvina SYVRET 1893
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Birth — 18419 April 1841
La Malbaie, Canada East
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1863 Marriage / PartnerMargaret-Georgiana HUNT and Philip-Samuel GIRARD 6 April 1863, Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe)
She was 22 years old.
1864 Birth of ChildJohn William GIRARD was born 6 January 1864, St George De Malbay, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Margaret-Georgiana was 22 years old.
1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 18971 November 1897
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 56.
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